AWS CLI Command Reference

[ aws . autoscaling ]

describe-account-settings

Description

Describes the current Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling account settings for your account. Account settings are a framework that allows you to enable or disable features for your account. The framework also gives you visibility into features that will be enforced by a given date, providing a time window to prepare for backwards-incompatible changes.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Synopsis

  describe-account-settings
[--name <value>]
[--next-token <value>]
[--max-records <value>]
[--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]
[--debug]
[--endpoint-url <value>]
[--no-verify-ssl]
[--no-paginate]
[--output <value>]
[--query <value>]
[--profile <value>]
[--region <value>]
[--version <value>]
[--color <value>]
[--no-sign-request]
[--ca-bundle <value>]
[--cli-read-timeout <value>]
[--cli-connect-timeout <value>]
[--cli-binary-format <value>]
[--no-cli-pager]
[--cli-auto-prompt]
[--no-cli-auto-prompt]
[--cli-error-format <value>]

Options

--name (string)

The name of the account setting to describe. If you omit this parameter, all account settings are described.

Constraints:

  • min: 1
  • max: 255
  • pattern: [A-Za-z0-9\-_\/]+

--next-token (string)

The token for the next set of items to return. (You received this token from a previous call.)

Constraints:

  • pattern: [\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\r\n\t]*

--max-records (integer)

The maximum number of items to return with this call. The default value is 50 and the maximum value is 100 .

--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml (string) Reads arguments from the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, those values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally. This may not be specified along with --cli-input-yaml.

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. Similarly, if provided yaml-input it will print a sample input YAML that can be used with --cli-input-yaml. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command. The generated JSON skeleton is not stable between versions of the AWS CLI and there are no backwards compatibility guarantees in the JSON skeleton generated.

Global Options

--debug (boolean)

Turn on debug logging.

--endpoint-url (string)

Override command’s default URL with the given URL.

--no-verify-ssl (boolean)

By default, the AWS CLI uses SSL when communicating with AWS services. For each SSL connection, the AWS CLI will verify SSL certificates. This option overrides the default behavior of verifying SSL certificates.

--no-paginate (boolean)

Disable automatic pagination. If automatic pagination is disabled, the AWS CLI will only make one call, for the first page of results.

--output (string)

The formatting style for command output.

  • json
  • text
  • table
  • yaml
  • yaml-stream
  • off

--query (string)

A JMESPath query to use in filtering the response data.

--profile (string)

Use a specific profile from your credential file.

--region (string)

The region to use. Overrides config/env settings.

--version (string)

Display the version of this tool.

--color (string)

Turn on/off color output.

  • on
  • off
  • auto

--no-sign-request (boolean)

Do not sign requests. Credentials will not be loaded if this argument is provided.

--ca-bundle (string)

The CA certificate bundle to use when verifying SSL certificates. Overrides config/env settings.

--cli-read-timeout (int)

The maximum socket read time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket read will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

--cli-connect-timeout (int)

The maximum socket connect time in seconds. If the value is set to 0, the socket connect will be blocking and not timeout. The default value is 60 seconds.

--cli-binary-format (string)

The formatting style to be used for binary blobs. The default format is base64. The base64 format expects binary blobs to be provided as a base64 encoded string. The raw-in-base64-out format preserves compatibility with AWS CLI V1 behavior and binary values must be passed literally. When providing contents from a file that map to a binary blob fileb:// will always be treated as binary and use the file contents directly regardless of the cli-binary-format setting. When using file:// the file contents will need to properly formatted for the configured cli-binary-format.

  • base64
  • raw-in-base64-out

--no-cli-pager (boolean)

Disable cli pager for output.

--cli-auto-prompt (boolean)

Automatically prompt for CLI input parameters.

--no-cli-auto-prompt (boolean)

Disable automatically prompt for CLI input parameters.

--cli-error-format (string)

The formatting style for error output. By default, errors are displayed in enhanced format.

  • legacy
  • json
  • yaml
  • text
  • table
  • enhanced

Output

Settings -> (list)

Information about the account settings.

(structure)

Describes an account setting for Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling. Account settings control how certain features behave for your account. Some settings can be enforced after a specified date, meaning that after the enforcement date, you can no longer modify the setting.

Name -> (string)

The name of the account setting. Each account setting has a unique name that identifies the specific feature it controls.

Constraints:

  • min: 1
  • max: 255
  • pattern: [A-Za-z0-9\-_\/]+

Value -> (string)

The current value of the account setting.

Constraints:

  • min: 1
  • max: 255
  • pattern: [A-Za-z0-9\-_\/]+

EnforcementType -> (string)

The type of enforcement for the account setting. Valid values include: hard (the setting has a hard enforcement date after which the setting will be enforced and cannot be modified), flexible (the setting has a flexible enforcement where you can always modify the setting value), and none (the setting has no enforcement and can always be modified).

Constraints:

  • min: 1
  • max: 255
  • pattern: [A-Za-z0-9\-_\/]+

EnforcementDate -> (timestamp)

The date when the account setting will be enforced. After this date, for settings with hard enforcement type, you can no longer modify the setting value. This parameter is only returned for settings with hard or flexible enforcement types.

DefaultValue -> (string)

The default value of the account setting before the enforcement date. Valid values are enabled and disabled. This parameter is only returned for settings with hard or flexible enforcement types.

Constraints:

  • min: 1
  • max: 255
  • pattern: [A-Za-z0-9\-_\/]+

EnforcedValue -> (string)

The value that will be enforced after the enforcement date. Valid values are enabled and disabled. This parameter is only returned for settings with hard or flexible enforcement types.

Constraints:

  • min: 1
  • max: 255
  • pattern: [A-Za-z0-9\-_\/]+

NextToken -> (string)

A string that indicates that the response contains more items than can be returned in a single response. To receive additional items, specify this string for the NextToken value when requesting the next set of items. This value is null when there are no more items to return.

Constraints:

  • pattern: [\u0020-\uD7FF\uE000-\uFFFD\uD800\uDC00-\uDBFF\uDFFF\r\n\t]*
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